In this week’s episode, join host Heather Anderson as she chats with our women’s fifth place FKT of the Year for 2025 Lucy Gossage. Lucy set a stout new self-supported time on the UK’s 630 mile long South West Coast Path by completing it in 11 days and 9 hours.
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Today we’re traveling to remote Maine where the classic Hundred Mile Wilderness route stretches from Monson to Abol Bridge. Host Heather Anderson chats with Maia Buckingham and Xander Keiter who each set supported times on this route. Maia’s time was 1d 5hr 33 m and Xander broke the 24 hour barrier coming in at 23 hours 9 min. Tune in to hear how they handled the logistics of crew access on remote logging roads, what led them to return to this particular trail, and the highs and lows of their experience.
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Extending from Blue Ridge, Georgia to near Sylacauga, Alabama, the 335 mile Pinhoti Trail is a popular trail through the southernmost portion of the Appalachian Mountains in the southeastern United States. This week’s episode, hosted by Heather Anderson, delves into Ashlie Itherburn’s recent overall supported FKT on the route.
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In this week’s episode we’re traveling to the rugged Mahoosic mountains of southern Maine, home of the hardest mile on the AT.
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The 272 mile Long Trail is one of our premier routes for good reason. With an impressive history of competitive FKTs this trail has once again seen stout records fall.
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This week we head to the well trodden premier route across Arizona. Host Heather Anderson is joined by Sadie Curry who set the women’s self-supported northbound time on the iconic Arizona Trail by covering the 800 mile distance in 17 days, 12 hours, and 27 minutes taking 7 hours off of the previous time.
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This week we’re headed to the rugged Adirondacks of New York state where Scott Benerofe recently set the unsupported FKT for tagging all 46 4,000ft peaks in one go. Tune in to hear how he pulled together his experiences with trail running, thru-hiking, and peakbagging to push deeper into the realm of endurance adventure.